Monday Rants & Raves
Attention, Peter Seidler and his band of wannabes, never-weres, and just plain punks, the Dragon up the Freeway is alive and well and it just smoked your ass, you bunch of disrespectful reform-school dropouts! Clayton Kershaew’s Mother, Marianne Tombaugh, died Saturday. Up until…
- Attention, Peter Seidler and his band of wannabes, never-weres, and just plain punks, the Dragon up the Freeway is alive and well and it just smoked your ass, you bunch of disrespectful reform-school dropouts!
- Clayton Kershaew’s Mother, Marianne Tombaugh, died Saturday. Up until now, we know very little about her life and death. Perhaps, Clayton will keep it that way… perhaps not. We learned very little about his father, who died in 2016. At any rate, we respect his right to privacy and give him our condolences! R.I.P. Marianne!
- Someone suggested that James Outman may not be a great Centerfielder, and that is true. He is not bad, however, and the more he plays, the better he will get, so there is that. Thompson and Heyward are probably incrementally better, but Outman is younger and faster! I am fine with him playing CF. I am worried about his strikeouts, not his defense.
- Yesterday, Duke was talking about the number of strikeouts that Outman had in comparison to Trout. Trout has 46, and Outman has 51. The difference is that Trout has 15 more Plate Appearances. Outman does not currently fit into a platoon as he also has reverse splits. He is hitting .253 against RHP and .306 against LHP. Go figure.
- The Dodger’s pitching was outstanding yesterday as the Catman is back in mid-season form and Yency has righted his ship.
- V-Gon has been a Godsend, and Graterol and Bruihl are unique bookends.
- It’s not how many hits you get – It’s when you get them!
- Tonight, it is Thor, and he says he is good to go, but I am nervous!
- It’s beginning to look doubtful that Jimmy Nelson will pitch this year and Daniel Hudson is far from a sure thing!
- Andy Pages has a higher ceiling than Jonny LeDuca, but LeDuca is three years older and probably has a better chance of making the roster THIS year than Pages… especially if they need a platoon bat.
- Michael Busch was 2-4 with a double and HR yesterday as he again played 2B.
- Alex Vesia had another successful IP with 2 Ks and a hit.
- There are rumors that Pages and LeDuca are moving to OKC. If so, it may also mean some players in OKC have Opt-Outs!
- Jon Rooney should move to OKC, but Robertson closes there.
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Discussion (46)
Disagree, not disagreeable
I hate streaks!!!
Twins have lost 10 in a row to us.
Gonsolin pitched well, but he did get some help from the ump.
With all the data available today, there is probably some stats somewhere that show how often pitchers and hitters get screwed by poor calls on balls and strikes. Maybe it all is random and evens out. But maybe not. NBA stars notoriously get away with extra steps, for example. Do baseball umps subconsciously favor stars? Or disfavor guys they don’t like? Does the home team get an edge? Just something I wonder about.
Outman’s Ks are a concern, but some perspective is in order. Outman’s 3 Ks in the latest game lifted his total to 51, which is tied for 4th in the majors with Schwarber and the Rockies’ Ryan McMahon. Jazz Chisholm has more Ks,and so does Teoscar Hernandez.
Hernandez, Chisholm, McMahon and Schwarber are all producing an OPS under .700. Outman’s is .909.
The leader in Ks is Freddie’s replacement in Atlanta. Matt Olson has K’d 60 times but has 11 HRs and a pretty healthy OPS of .866.
Trout’s OPS is now .872, which isn’t bad but way below his career OPS of .998.
After all of our changes, we currently have the best record in the NL.
Not bad for a team full of cheap owners, an overrated GM, a manager who should’ve been fired 18 times, and a lot of crappy players on the field.
“*It’s not how many hits you get-it’s when you hit them” While that is true it also is true that the most runs result from the most hits. The division leaders in both leagues all have the highest run differentials of their divisions. Hits and runs indicate the most talent but clutch timing does decide the history. Well sometimes the umps also have a say in that.
Condolences to Clayton and his family. Losing your mother is always tough.
Hope Syndergaard is really good to go. If he should exit early again that would tax the bullpen a lot. Maybe they should call up stone just in case.
Nice winning streak, keep it rolling.
Go Dodgers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!